San Francisco, Oakland brace for shutdowns and disruption

It could only be a matter of time. Business in the Bay Area — at least the commuting-to-the-office, stopping-at-Starbucks and shaking-hands-with-clients kind of business — could take on a whole new feel next week as closures related to the coronavirus mount, similar to the widespread shutdowns that occurred in downtown Seattle this week. California is second only to the state of Washington in the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, with the Golden State reporting…